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Committee Activities
FIRST COMMITTEE MEETING
AUGUST 22-24, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Objectives: Conduct administrative actions, introductory discussions, bias discussion, and briefings; discuss statement of task and background with sponsor; receive briefings and engage in dialogue with briefers; review report writing process and project plan; review and flesh out initial report outline; make committee writing assignments; and set future meeting dates and determine next steps.
Demilitarization Overview, Mr. John McFassel, Product Director for Demilitarization, Program Executive Office Ammunition
Emerging Technologies Addressing Alternatives to Open Burn and Open Detonation, Mr. Orest Hrycak, Chief Engineer, Office of the Product Director for Demilitarization, Program Executive Office Ammunition
Alternatives for the Demilitarization of Conventional Munitions, Mr. Ken Shuster, Engineer, Senior Technical Expert, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
DoD Open Burn and Open Detonation (OB/OD), Mr. J. C. King, Director for Munitions and Chemical Matters Headquarters, Department of the Army, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety, and Occupational Health
Communities and Conventional Munitions Demilitarization, Mr. Lenny Siegel, Executive Director, Center for Public and Environmental Oversight
Explosive Destruction System Presentation, Mr. Larry Gottschalk, Project Manager, Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Disposal
Anniston Static Detonation Chamber Status, Mr. Tim Garrett, Anniston Site Project Manager, Program Executive Office for Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives
Patented “Decineration™” Thermal Process, Mr. David Kautz, President and CEO, U.S. Demil, LLC
TELECONFERENCE WITH THE PRODUCT MANAGER FOR DEMILITARIZATION
SEPTEMBER 27, 2017
Objective: To obtain answers to committee questions.
TELECONFERENCE WITH CALIFORNIA COMMUNITIES
AGAINST TOXICS AND CEASE FIRE! CAMPAIGN
OCTOBER 17, 2017
Objective: To engage with representatives and leaders of public interest groups to better understand their concerns about open burning and open detonation and their perspectives on alternative technologies.
SECOND COMMITTEE MEETING
OCTOBER 23-25, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Objectives: Conduct administrative actions and bias discussion; receive briefings and engage in dialogue with briefers; review and flesh out concept draft; make committee writing
assignments; and set future meeting dates and determine next steps.
The Committee’s Approach to Public Engagement, Dr. Judith Bradbury and Dr. Seth Tuler, Members, Committee on Alternatives for the Demilitarization of Conventional Munitions
Conventional Munitions and Factors Affecting Demilitarization, Mr. John McFassel, Product Director for Demilitarization, Program Executive Office Ammunition
The EPA Position on Open Burning, Open Detonation, and Alternative Technologies, Mr. Ken Shuster, Engineer, Senior Technical Expert, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Public Perspectives (Panel): Ms. Devawn Bledsoe, Founder, Environmental Patriots of the New River Valley; Ms. Jane Williams, Executive Director, California Communities Against Toxics; and Ms. Frances Kelley, Member, Steering Committee, Cease Fire! Campaign
Static Firing to Demilitarize Rocket and Missile Motors, Mr. Jeff Wright, G-3 Chief Engineer, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command
Chemical Neutralization Applications in Demilitarization of Conventional Munitions, Dr. Valentine Nzengung, MuniRem Environmental
El Dorado Engineering’s Technologies for the Demilitarization of Conventional Munitions, Mr. Robert Hayes, President, El Dorado Engineering
SITE VISIT TO THE LETTERKENNY MUNITIONS CENTER
OCTOBER 26, 2017
LETTERKENNY ARMY DEPOT, PENNSYLVANIA
Objectives: Visit the Letterkenny Munitions Center, located on the Letterkenny Army Depot; visit a demilitarization operation that demilitarizes rockets and missiles using recovery and recycling; observe an open detonation event and the static firing of missile motors; visit the Ammonium Perchlorate Rocket Motor Destruction facility. No presentations.
THIRD COMMITTEE MEETING
DECEMBER 11-13, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Objectives: Receive briefings and engage in dialogue with briefers; work on the report draft; make committee writing assignments; and set future meeting dates and determine next steps.
Munitions Not Able to Be Processed by Alternative Technologies at Depots and Why, Mr. John McFassel, Product Director for Demilitarization, Program Executive Office Ammunition
Munitions Items Disposition Action System (MIDAS), Mr. John McFassel, Product Director for Demilitarization, Program Executive Office Ammunition
Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board (DDESB), Mr. Thierry L. Chiapello, Executive Director, DDESB
Public Engagement by the Joint Munitions Command (JMC), Ms. Justine Barati, Chief of Public Affairs, JMC
General Atomics’ Approaches to Size Reduction and Munition Disassembly, Mr. John Follin, Director, Strategic Development for iSCWO and Demilitarization Technologies, General Atomics
Pennsylvania Regulatory Perspectives, Ms. Linda Houseal, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (via web meeting)
Alabama Regulatory Perspectives, Mr. Stephen Cobb, Chief, Land Division, Alabama Department of Environmental Management
TELECONFERENCE WITH JOINT MUNITIONS COMMAND PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE
JANUARY 26, 2018
Objective: To better understand how Joint Munitions Command conducts its public affairs activities in relation to the demilitarization of conventional munitions, especially through open burning and open detonation.
TELECONFERENCE WITH CALIFORNIA COMMUNITIES
AGAINST TOXICS AND CEASE FIRE! CAMPAIGN
JANUARY 31, 2018
Objective: To engage with representatives and leaders of public interest groups to better understand their concerns about open burning and open detonation and their perspectives on alternative technologies.
TELECONFERENCE WITH THE PRODUCT MANAGER FOR DEMILITARIZATION
JANUARY 31, 2018
Objective: To obtain answers to committee questions.
TELECONFERENCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PATRIOTS OF THE NEW RIVER VALLEY
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
Objective: To engage with representatives and leaders of public interest groups to better understand their concerns about open burning and open detonation and their perspectives on alternative technologies.
FOURTH COMMITTEE MEETING
MARCH 19-21, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Objectives: Work on the report draft; identify findings and recommendations; identify points of contention; map out path to concurrence at the next meeting; and make committee writing assignments.
TELECONFERENCE WITH STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
APRIL 16, 2018
Objective: To obtain environmental information about emissions from open burning and open detonation, and learn more about characterizations of these emissions.
TELECONFERENCE WITH JOINT MUNITIONS COMMAND PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE
APRIL 19, 2018
Objective: To better understand how Joint Munitions Command conducts its public affairs activities in relation to the demilitarization of conventional munitions, especially through open burning and open detonation.
TELECONFERENCE WITH THE PRODUCT MANAGER FOR DEMILITARIZATION
MAY 9, 2018
Objective: To obtain answers to committee questions.
TELECONFERENCE WITH THE PRODUCT MANAGER FOR DEMILITARIZATION
JUNE 5, 2018
Objective: To obtain answers to some final questions.
FIFTH COMMITTEE MEETING
JUNE 11-13, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Objectives: Resolve overarching issues; agree on report main messages; finalize findings and recommendations; review report and resolve all remaining points of contention; achieve concurrence.
